The cartouches include two naming a wine shop, Fuxing laodian, and two reading chen jiu (old wine) below the characters Zhe Shao (Shaoxing County-Zhejiang), a province famous for wine production. The shoulder also has two inscriptions reading jia chong, a type of wine

For a much larger vase of similar design with calligraphic panels referring to Shaoxing wine see Gunhilde Avitable, Von Schatz der Drachen, From the Dragon's Treasure, p. 41, fig. 35

For another similar type of bottle see Sotheby's New York, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Janos Szekeres, Part I, October 27, 1986, lot 2